2015 New South Wales state election

2015 New South Wales state election

28 March 2015
All 93 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and 21 (of the 42) seats in the New South Wales Legislative Council 47 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Opinion polls
First party Second party Third party   Leader Mike Baird Luke Foley John Kaye Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Greens Leader's seat Manly Auburn (won seat) Legislative Council Last election 69 seats, 51.2% 20 seats, 25.6% 1 seat, 10.29% Seats won 54 34 3 Seat change 15 14 2 Popular vote 2,009,821 1,500,855 453,031 Percentage 45.63% 34.08% 10.29% Swing 5.52 8.52 0.00 TPP 54.32% 45.68% TPP swing 9.90 9.90
The top map shows the first party preference by electorate. The bottom map shows the final two-party preferred vote result by electorate.
Premier before election Mike Baird Liberal/National coalition Elected Premier Mike Baird Liberal/National coalition

The 2015 New South Wales state election was held on 28 March 2015 to elect the 56th Parliament of New South Wales, including all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council.

The incumbent Liberal/National Coalition government, led by Premier Mike Baird, won a second consecutive term in government, opposed by the Labor Party, led by Luke Foley.

The Coalition's supermajority was reduced by 15 seats as Labor gained back the heartland seats it lost at the previous state election, which the Coalition won in a landslide.

In the Legislative Assembly, the Coalition won 52 seats, Labor won 34, the Greens won three and independents won two. In the Legislative Council, the Coalition won nine seats (with a total of 20), Labor won seven (with a total of 12), the Greens won two (with a total of five), the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party won one (with a total of two), the Christian Democrats won one (with a total of two) and the Animal Justice Party won one (with a total of one).

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